diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paperless-ngx/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paperless-ngx/package.nix
index 26151ee97a9b..92664ff0ef05 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pa/paperless-ngx/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pa/paperless-ngx/package.nix
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   ];
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "celery"
     "django-allauth"
     "python-dotenv"
     "redis"